墨尔本皇家植物园依安·波特基金会儿童园的规划与建设

任何儿童公园的设计必须首先理解儿童是有创造力的个体,他们能够在公园里游玩、想象并创造他们自己的故事。这就是说,在公共景观里建设儿童公园需要仔细地进行规划,并且是一个从一开始就有清晰愿景的过程。这个愿景必须得到下述条件的支持:孩子们成为该设计中的积极参与者,对场地进行透彻的综合分析。许多儿童活动空间的失败被归咎于不佳的植物设计。在成千上万游客踩踏的情况下,了解场地上的小气候环境以及如何利用小气候来最大限度地维持植物最佳生长状态,可以避免这类问题。墨尔本皇家植物园依安·波特基金会(Ian Potter Foundation)儿童园的规划开始于一个清晰的愿景。规划包括了一系列孩子们参与的有意义的讨论,许多场地得到调整,包括土壤改良以及额外的排水措施;而且,规划特别强调植物材料的选择。描述了儿童公园的设计全过程并相信这就是公园取得成功的原因所在。

The Planning and Construction of Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden in the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

The design of any children's garden must begin from an understanding that all children are creative individuals that have the capacity to play, imagine and create their own stories in a garden. That said, creating children's gardens in public landscapes requires careful planning and a process that begins with a clear vision. This vision must be supported primarily by a process that interacts and engages children to ensure they are active participants in the design and secondly through comprehensive site analysis. Many children's spaces fail due to poor plant performance. Understanding the existing micro climates on the site and how they can be best manipulated to maximize plant growth under the expected pressure of many thousands of feet can help to avoid this. Planning for the Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden in the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne began with a clear vision. It involved a range of meaningful consultation activities with children. It saw many physical site modifications made including soil amelioration and extra drainage. And finally it placed a strong emphasis on good plant selection. This paper describes all these processes used in design of the garden and believes they are the reason for the gardens success and enormous popularity.